Thread by @Open_Selection

.@PeoplesMomentum only came on board our #OpenSelection campaign 2 weeks before Conference.

But AT Conference, Momentum NCG member @Leigh_Drennan spoke FOR the trigger ballot fix that killed OS & deprived Conference of a democratic vote. 😖

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https://twitter.com/Mom_Renewal/status/1272482584254185474

Here’s the excerpt from Conference.

1st @MattWrack of @fbunational speaking AGAINST the trigger ballot fix, then @Leigh_Drennan speaking FOR (& praising it as ‘prime steak’) 😳

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In spite of this, & to our astonishment, @Leigh_Drennan went on to be @PeoplesMomentum’s NEC candidate (splitting the left vote & losing) & has now been selected by a backroom committee to stand for @Mom_Renewal.

Yet MR say they’re committed to member-led democracy 🤔

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.@Leigh_Drennan himself says his speech was OK, as Corbyn’s office asked him to do it.

Opinions vary whether this came from JC himself or from certain union officials afraid of losing influence over selections

We don’t agree. You either serve those below you, or those above.
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If the order to kill of #OpenSelection DID come from @jeremycorbyn himself, it seems more than a little odd that he didn’t take any credit for it with the RW Labour MPs baying for his blood.

But most of all JC was elected on a platform of member-led democracy (NOT leader-led)

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Many @Mom_Renewal have told us they support #OpenSelection & would have opposed the trigger ballot fix. As left comrades we take them at their word.

But some were NCG members when Drennan took the podium, or was nominated for NEC, & now NCG. Did they oppose?

If not, why not?

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And why are so many of these @Mom_Renewal candidates so outraged now we’re asking these questions?

Some say they didn’t get our mail, which we asked MR to forward. Sorry, but if their own slate didn’t forward our inquiry - why not?

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Like #OpenSelection, this is about democratic accountability. Scrutiny of candidates in an election is vital.

Instead we’ve even been smeared as bullying, gaslighting & fake news simply for highlighting facts around how & why #OpenSelection died - & who was responsible

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